Mexico News Today Friday, November 13, 2020

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020

400,000 jobs recovered since August Thirty-six percent of the jobs lost due to the coronavirus and associated economic restrictions were recovered between August and October. FULL STORY

AG says Peña Nieto authored Odebrecht treason and bribery The former president led a criminal scheme that paid bribes to lawmakers and committed treason, according to the Attorney General's Office. FULL STORY

Flooded communities in Tabasco have been waiting for days for help Residents say authorities have focused relief efforts in Villahermosa and Macuspana, forgetting outlying towns and villages. FULL STORY Billions in flood control measures promised by Peña Nieto were never spent Ex-president Enrique Peña Nieto didn't keep promises to spend almost 20 billion pesos on flood prevention in Tabasco. FULL STORY Slain mayor had appealed for help before her murder This latest in a series of incidents raises more questions than answers about corruption in Jamapa, Veracruz. FULL STORY Another brutal teen murder: boy’s body found in suitcase in Mexico City Police on Wednesday apprehended two youths wheeling a suitcase containing the body of a 14-year-old boy. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Colima’s El Salto de Peña Colorada waterfall park rewards the intrepid El Salto de Peña Colorada's tiny nature park is worth the effort to find it, writes John Pint. FULL STORY Covid-19: restrictions tightened in Mexico City, eased in Jalisco Stricter coronavirus restrictions will take effect in the capital on Monday while rules in Jalisco were eased on Friday. FULL STORY RELATED: Mexico City edging closer to maximum coronavirus risk level. FULL STORY RELATED: 7,600 new virus cases are most in 1 day since August 1. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT AMLO proposes ban on outsourcing to combat abuse of contract workers President López Obrador sent a proposal to Congress to ban subcontracting of jobs by private companies without government authorization. FULL STORY Mexico puts new 100-peso banknote into circulation The new update features the likeness of 17th-century feminist poet and nun Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz on one side and monarch butterflies on the other. FULL STORY

• Coronavirus cancels Christmas Market, Carnaval in La Paz • Donations from as far as Europe go to aid flood victims in south • More investment possible if Mexico acts like ‘serious trade partner’